15-05-2025
£13 million road linking Bertha Park to A9 North of Perth to open at the end of 2026
Work has been accelerated on the third phase of the Cross Tay Link Road project
Work on a £13.2 million project to create a road connecting Bertha Park to the Cross Tay Link Road and the A9 north of Perth has begun.
The new Bertha Park Link Road is expected to open at the end of 2026.
A capital budget report put before Perth and Kinross Council's Finance and Resources Committee on Wednesday, April 30 said construction work on the project had been accelerated.
The new road - just under a mile long - will connect Bertha Park to the Cross Tay Link Road and the A9 north of Perth. It is the third and second last phase of the £150 million Cross Tay Link Road (CTLR) project.
It will head north from the existing roundabout next to Bertha Park High School, going through housing in Bertha Park and on through areas of farmland and forestry before meeting the new A9 west roundabout.
At last Wednesday's meeting of the Finance and Resources Committee, Conservative Almond and Earn councillor David Illingworth said: "I'm pleased to see the Bertha Park Link Road has been accelerated. Are there any estimates for when it will start and how long it will take to deliver?"
PKC's strategic lead for Economy, Development and Planning Serge Merone said: "Initial works - tree clearance and construction of temporary accesses - have commenced. That will be followed by further advanced works. Earthworks will commence in June 2025 and we anticipate the completion before the end of 2026."
Planning permission for the new route was granted earlier this year by PKC's Planning and Placemaking Committee in February, just ahead of the Cross Tay Link Road's three-span Destiny Bridge and four-mile New Kingsway officially opening on March 31.
